Announcement
Friday March 1, 2019 Amador Valley 16 vs. Granada 4
“Oh, what a night, Late December back in ’63. What a very special time for me As I remember, what a night, ….so the song goes, well it is actually 2019 and early March, but the Amador Don’s Varsity Girls Lacrosse team brought back memories of the classic song by the Four Seasons. Because it was indeed, “oh what a night”. Taking unselfishness to a whole new level, The Dons saw almost every member of the team score in a resounding victory over the visiting Granada Matadors. Improving their record to a perfect 2-0 on the young season, Coach Chelsea Randal had to be pleased by her squad’s teamwork.
The Don’s got early goals from Catherine Murphy and Mady Sweeney, and then faster than Chris Murphy could make his coffee announcement, it was Isa Clark, then Bella Mayo, then Marley Diligent, then Lily Manos, then Kalena Johnson to make it 7-0 Dons.
Granada struggled to move the ball past midfield all night and when they did, the Dons defense was there to turn away the Matadors. Grace French, Katelyn Sweeney, Maddie Riddle, Alexis Bayani and Erica Haley were like scavengers feeding off intercepted passes and scooping up ground balls. Granada finally got a goal on the board but the Dons responded immediately, Sharing the ball, and making sure that each member got a turn at crashing the scoring party. Sam Nimmo and Sophia Shiblaq scored to make it 9-1 Dons and the rout was on. As the theme of the night continued, French and Bayani fired goals into the back of the net and it was 11-2 dons at half.
The second half followed the script and feisty freshman, Haley scored her first varsity goal and Katelyn “the Ripper” Sweeney, ripped the twine moments later. Mayo, Nimmo and Mady Sweeney added second goals to their personal tallies and the Dons closed out a 16-4 win over the overmatched Matadors.
Amador Goalies, Claire “Jimmy” Lemelin and Blake Guidice each had strong games in the net for the Dons as the Matadors found it difficult to find any happiness on the offensive end of the field.
The Dons take on St Ignatius High School and California High School next week and the road to victory will have many more perils. Both St Ignatius and Cal beat the Dons last year so revenge will be in the air and the Don’s teamwork will need to be on full display!!
Written by Dan Sweeney
